9.4.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.9
अपि त्वसन्निपातित्वात् पत्नीवदाम्नातेनाभिधानं स्यात्
api tv asannipātitvāt patnīvad āmnātenābhidhānaṃ syāt
The line
Even, the state of being that, because of a compound: what is not, nipā (निपा), and titva (तित्व), patnīvad (पत्नीवद्), āmnātenābhidhāna (आम्नातेनाभिधान), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + tva (त्व) + asat-nipā-titvāt (असत्-निपा-तित्वात्) + patnīvad (पत्नीवद्) + āmnātenābhidhānaṃ (आम्नातेनाभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| asat-nipā-titvāt (असत्-निपा-तित्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: what is not, nipā (निपा), and titva (तित्व). Read it from the end |
| patnīvad (पत्नीवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āmnātenābhidhānaṃ (आम्नातेनाभिधानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | āmnātenābhidhāna (आम्नातेनाभिधान) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. asat-nipā-titvāt (असत्-निपा-तित्वात्) is a compound: what is not, nipā (निपा), and titva (तित्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
patnīvad (पत्नीवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. āmnātenābhidhānaṃ (आम्नातेनाभिधानं) is āmnātenābhidhāna (आम्नातेनाभिधान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
āmnātenābhidhānaṃ (आम्नातेनाभिधानं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tva (त्व) and asat-nipā-titvāt (असत्-निपा-तित्वात्).